How To Install flamp on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install flamp on CentOS 7. flamp is Amateur Multicast Protocol - file transfer program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flamp on CentOS 7.

What is flamp

Flamp is a program for AMP or Amateur Multicast Protocol. An flamp session will transmit one or more files with one or more iterations of the transmission. Each file is broken into blocks, each of which has a check sum. The receiving station saves the blocks that pass check sum. Successive transmissions will fill in the missing blocks provided that the new blocks pass the check sum. After the transmission sequence, the entire file is assembled and may be saved. “Fills” may be provided by retransmitting the entire file or by the sending station only sending the missing blocks. Start by downloading the current version of flamp from http would any of the NBEMS applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install flamp on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flamp.

Install flamp on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install flamp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flamp

Install flamp on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install flamp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flamp

How To Uninstall flamp on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the flamp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove flamp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flamp on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.